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Vicki - posted on 03/12/2011 ( 3 moms have responded )

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Hi im new to this, so plaese bear with with me...........
At the moment my 4month old is going to bed at 7pm till 6am, waking twice in the night.
I know she can sleep through as she has done this on several occastions, but ive read that self soothing is the answer to her getting a full nights sleep, as i give her a bottle upstairs right before she goes down at 7pm so shes expecting a bottle when she is waking in the night to get back to sleep, ive tried water she screams the house down.
I was just hoping anyone might have some advice on how to get her off the bottle at 7pm but if i do that, how long before 7pm does she need her last bottle so shes full enough to sleep????
Thanks for any help or advice......

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Jennifer - posted on 05/12/2011

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I would start with the self soothing quite yet. As was already stated it (in general) takes until they are about 6 months before their bodies hold enough through the night for them to not need that midnight feeding. Generally once they are big enough, they will just start sleeping through the night on their own.

One thing you could do though is to stop giving her 7pm bottle upstairs near the bed. She will associate it with the bed that way and it may become harder to break her of it later. Try giving her that feeding around 645pm and play with her a bit before you put her down. This way she still gets that last feeding, but won't necessarily equate it with bed and may stop thinking she needs a bottle while in her bed.

I never self soothed mine to get her to sleep through the night, but do self soothe to get her to actually go to bed at night at bedtime. If I didn't, bedtime would be a two hour affair each night. She's 2.5 now and it is highly amusing to listen to her on the monitor once I put her down and she chatters away at her stuffies because she's convinced she's not tired.

Cherelle - posted on 04/30/2011

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my son used to go down at 7 and wake at 12 then sleep from 1 till 6 he didnt come out of it until 4 months old i started self soothing him from then and hes slept thru nearly every night now id ive him his bottle just before bed and let him fall asleep in my arms then put him in his cot if he woke id check to see if he needed a nappy change his dummy or comforter if he was fine id just let him self sooth hope this helps :)

Melanie - posted on 03/20/2011

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You shouldn't let your baby self-sooth until about 6 months. Their body will be able to hold enough to keep them through the night at this age. I don't self-soothe though. I prefer my daughter know I am there for her no matter what. To each their own, though.

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